Office Plugin Installation Manual for Microsoft Intune

Introduction

How to install or uninstall the Zivver Office Plugin with Microsoft Intune.

Minimal technical requirements

System requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Extended Security Updates or higher.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or newer.
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 or newer.
  • Memory utilization: +/- 150 MB in total for each Outlook session.

Product specific requirements

  • HTTPS connection, port 443, TLS v1.2 or newer with https://*.zivver.com.
  • Outlook in Cached Mode(1).
  • A Microsoft supported scenario when using different versions of Office, Project, and Visio on the same computer.

(1) Zivver complies to the recommended practice of Microsoft and Citrix for optimal performance with Outlook in Cached Mode. Zivver Support supports performance issues that are related to Online Mode on a best-effort basis.

Intune specific requirements

  • Administrator access to Microsoft Intune.
  • An Azure group with users assigned who must have the Zivver Office plugin installed in Outlook.

Download link

Latest MSI installer download link

Install Office Plugin with Microsoft Intune

  1. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  2. Click Apps.
  3. Select All apps.
  4. Click add Add.
  5. At App type, select Line-of-business app.
  6. Click Select.
  7. Click Select app package file.
  8. Select the Office plugin installation file.
    Latest MSI installer download link
  9. Select OK to confirm and close the App package file pane.
    The App information page is now displayed.
  10. At Publisher add Zivver B.V.
  11. Optional: fill in additional non-mandatory properties.
  12. Click Next.
  13. Under Required select a group of users or devices.
    Select an Azure group with users who are assigned the Zivver Office Plugin. Required apps are installed automatically on enrolled devices.
  14. Click Next.
  15. Review the summary and click Create.
    Intune notifications tells when the Application is successfully created.

Install and configure recommended Office plug-in settings

You can deploy the settings with PowerShell. Additionally, you must configure one setting separately with a Device Configuration profile.

  1. Download the Recommended Office plugin settings - Office 2013 (PowerShell script) or the Recommended Office plugin settings - Office 2016, 2019 (PowerShell script) depending on your Office deployment.
  2. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  3. Select Devices.
  4. Select Scripts.
  5. Click add Add and select Windows 10 and later.
  6. Enter Recommended Zivver Office plugin settings as name.
  7. Optional Enter a description.
  8. Click Next.
  9. At Script location, select the PowerShell script downloaded at the first step of this section.
  10. Set Run this script using the logged on credentials to Yes.
    Start the script on user context to apply all the recommended settings.
  11. Set Enforce script signature check to No.
    The PowerShell script is not signed.
  12. Click Next.
  13. Under Included groups, select the same Azure group used during the installation.
    This makes sure that every user has both the Office plugin and the recommended settings.
  14. Click Next.
  15. Review the summary and click Add.
    Intune notifications tells when the PowerShell script is successfully created.
The PowerShell script cannot deploy this Outlook setting, because the PowerShell script has no write access to the HKCU\Software\Policies\ registry hive. Thus, this setting is enabled with a Configuration profile in Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  1. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  2. Select Devices.
  3. Under Policy, select Configuration profiles.
  4. Click add Create profile.
  5. At Platform, select the appropriate version of Windows.
    For example: Windows 10 and later.
  6. At Profile type, select Settings catalog.
  7. Click Create.
  8. At Name fill in the name of the profile.
    For example: Zivver Office plugin AddinList setting.
  9. Click Next.
  10. At (2) Configuration settings, click add Add settings.
    A side pane opens on the right with the Settings picker.
  11. In the search bar, type “Microsoft Outlook 2016” and click Search.
  12. Click Microsoft Outlook 2016\Miscellaneous.
  13. From the drop-down menu under Setting name, select the box for List of managed add-ins (User).
  14. Close the right side pane and Enable the List of managed add-ins (User) setting.
  15. Under Name, fill in ZivverOfficePlugin.AddinModule.
  16. Under Value, fill in 1.
  17. Select the box for the filled in row and click add Add.

  1. Click Next.
  2. Under Included groups, select the same Azure group used during the installation.
    This makes sure that every user has both the Office plugin and this recommended setting.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Optional: assign Scope tags, or click Next.
  5. Review the summary and click Create.
    Intune notifications tells when the configuration profile is successfully created.

Verify the installation

  1. Open Outlook
    If the Office plugin is installed and enabled, a Zivver tab shows in the top row of Outlook.

In the Microsoft Intune Endpoint, go to Apps > All apps > Zivver Office Plugin > Monitor > App install status to monitor installation. Read the Office plugin troubleshooting article if the Zivver Office Plugin is installed but the Zivver tab does not show in Outlook.

Uninstall the plug-in

If you want to uninstall the plug-in, you must delete the application, the PowerShell script, and the Configuration profile.

Delete the application

  1. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  2. Click Apps.
  3. Select All apps.
  4. Select Zivver Office Plugin from the list of apps.
  5. At Overview, click delete Delete.
  6. Click Yes to confirm.
    Intune notifications tells when the application is deleted.

Delete the PowerShell script

  1. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  2. Select Devices.
  3. Select Scripts.
  4. Select Select Zivver Office Plugin from the list of apps.
  5. At Overview, click delete Delete.
  6. Click Yes to confirm.
    Intune notifications tells when the PowerShell script is deleted.

Delete the Configuration Profile

  1. Go to Microsoft Intune Endpoint.
  2. Select Devices.
  3. Select Configuration profiles.
  4. Select Select Zivver Office plugin AddinList setting from the list of profiles.
  5. Click delete Delete.
  6. Click OK to confirm.
    Intune notifications tells when the configuration profile is deleted.

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